January By Topic: Regulatory

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) may formally investigate alleged corruption at firms that self-report the activity but will be mindful not to harm the company's reputation, the head of the organisation has said.

Shareholders who receive dividends from companies which earned the money through corruption will be "vigorously" pursued for the money by UK fraud investigators, the head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said.

The Information Commissioner is proposing to issue its heaviest ever fine for a breach of UK data protection laws. It proposes fining a health body after patient records were stolen from a hospital and sold on eBay.